Weathering and Sedimentary Processes in Google Streetview part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
This exercise uses Google Streetview, in combination with 360 degree immersive photographs, to show students real-world examples of the sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures, and weathering processes that they ...

Slicing Fruit part of Spatial Thinking Workbook:Teaching Activities
Tom Hickson, University of St. Thomas (MN)
Students identify and draw slices through fruit, as practice for drawing slices through more complex features.

Slicing Cylinders part of Spatial Thinking Workbook:Teaching Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students identify and draw slices through cylinders and partial cylinders, and use gestures to visualize slicing planes. This practice with visualizing slices through idealized geometric shapes is preparation for visualizing slices through geological features.

Slices Through 3D Objects part of Spatial Thinking Workbook:Teaching Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students identify and draw slices through an ice cream cone, a pyramid, and a beverage six-pack.

Simple MATLAB Grader Exercises part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
Don Baker, McGill University
This activity is the first set of Matlab exercises given in a remotely delivered, introductory geochemistry class taught to 1st-semester, 1st-year majors in Earth and Planetary Sciences. ir assignments. ...

Watershed area and discharge relationships part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Steven Petsch, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Students use USGS WaterData website to find data on area, average annual discharge and response to high-precip events in small watersheds in southern New England. Data for the class are compiled to generate graphs ...

Sound and light in the ocean part of Oceanography:Activities
Lauren Sahl, Maine Maritime Academy
Light is our usual method for observing on land, but water quickly absorbs light making it less useful in the ocean. On the other hand, sound in water can travel long distances before it is absorbed to the point ...

Understanding Polyhedral Diagrams part of Spatial Thinking Workbook:Teaching Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students identify individual polyhedra in a variety of diagrams and answer questions about shared oxygens in diagrams of common silicate structures.

El Niño and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropical Pacific part of Oceanography:Activities
Tim Cook, Worcester State University
This activity investigates the oceanographic and climatic characteristics of El Niño/La Niña (ENSO) events using observational data from moored ocean buoys in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Data are obtained from ...

The Usefulness of Tidal Charts part of Oceanography:Activities
Elizabeth Nagy, Pasadena City College
This 8-page assignment on the topic of ocean tides is intended to be completed by students alone or in small groups during class (with the possible exception of the last page which requires access to the internet) ...